From World of Sociology, Gale Evaluation research, sometimes referred to as program evaluation, is conducted to appraise the utility of an implemented program or policy. In other words, did the program or policy work? Results of evaluation research studies can be used to improve programs, justify programs, or show cause to cut funding to ineffective programs.
From Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of the Handicapped and Other Exceptional Children and Adults Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a term broadly used in many health care and education fields to refer to practice that is informed by the findings and conclusions of research.
From Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of the Handicapped and Other Exceptional Children and Adults Family therapy offers a distinctive theoretical approach for working with human problems, with the focus on the individual and their relationships with others, especially within the family structure.
From Encyclopedia of Special Education: A Reference for the Education of the Handicapped and Other Exceptional Children and Adults
Group therapy is a general term that refers to any of the various types of therapeutic groups that share the broad purpose of increasing people’s knowledge of themselves and others and giving people the skills necessary to enhance their personal competence.
. . . Modern social welfare measures may include any of the following: the care of destitute adults; the treatment of the mentally ill; the rehabilitation of criminals; the care of destitute, neglected, and delinquent children; the care and relief of the sick or handicapped; the care and relief of needy families; and supervisory, educational, and constructive activity, especially for the young.
Organized effort to help individuals and families to adjust themselves to the community, as well as to adapt the community to the needs of such persons and families. Modern social work employs three methods of assistance: case work, group work, and community organization.
U.S. foreign aid programs have included at least three different objectives: rehabilitating the economies of war-devastated countries, strengthening the military defenses of allies and friends of the United States, and promoting economic growth in underdeveloped areas.
An institution in which certain kinds of illness are investigated and treated. The first documented hospital was Chinese, in 491. In the European Middle Ages the well-to-do were all treated at home, while the sick poor were cared for in a hospital attached to the local poor house.
From World of Criminal Justice, Gale The U.S. juvenile justice system is a distinct and separate system for dealing with young individuals who have committed criminal offenses. A juvenile is a person whose age is below a statutory limit.
From World of Sociology, Gale Nursing homes are institutions where mostly older individuals live when they are no longer able to care for themselves independently. Nursing homes employ doctors, nurses, and other staff members who take care of the daily needs of their patients.
Term commonly referring to institutions of pre-college formal education. It also properly includes colleges, universities, and many types of special training establishments.